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This is an utterly vile post, painting in such unnuanced broad strokes that it's impossible to reconcile with the thoughtfulness I've seen you exhibit. The savagery you aimed at me in that since-deleted post rolls off after reading this.

My guess is that Hamas' treatment of WOMYN has snapped your chain. Corroborated by the oft-repeated stuff about how badly I would be treated there, being a gay man. Well. I've worked with a lot of Muslims; Palestinians, Pakistanis, Lebanese, and all knew I'm gay and not a one of them gave a damn. But I've already written about nomadic peoples and their infant mortality rates so that's all I have to say about that.

But read your own words:

𝐡𝑒𝑑 𝐼 π‘‘π‘œπ‘›'𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘™π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘–π‘Žπ‘›π‘  β„Žπ‘Žπ‘£π‘’ 𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘š π‘‘π‘œ 𝑏𝑒 π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’π‘¦ π‘™π‘œπ‘£π‘’ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘Ž π‘”π‘’π‘›π‘œπ‘π‘–π‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑀. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’π‘¦'π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑦 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘  π‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘’π‘ π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Ž 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑑 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘¦ π‘£π‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘‘ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ 𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑠 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘š π‘Žπ‘  β„Žπ‘’π‘šπ‘Žπ‘› π‘ β„Žπ‘–π‘’π‘™π‘‘π‘ .

Word for word, the same lies that Israel spews. Do you really think that every Palestinian loops endlessly on hating Jews? That they don't cook food and love their families and maintain their motorbikes, and everything else people do, but just think "I hate Jews, kill them all" .. every day, all day?

Who says Hamas located their headquarters under a hospital? Israel says so. The same Israel that's been caught in lie after lie after lie. The same Israel that has failed to keep its agreements, the same Israel that elects rabid bigots like Netanyahu and Bennett, but you believe every word.

Yeah, Palestinians hate Israel. This is my shocked face. Israel has been murdering them, stealing their land, bulldozing their homes, shooting them for sport, treating them with cruelty that so exceeds any excuses about self-defense. It would be absolutely and astonishingly unlike humanity if they didn't hate Israel.

Suppose somehow Mexico came into Texas and started demolishing towns and setting up Spanish-speaking settlements and shooting any Americans who weren't happy about it. Would you be calling those Americans "terrorists" and calling them "hateful bigots?" Forget for the moment that they would be repelled by those people whose garages are arsenals. Are you so enraged that Hamas tortured and raped some women that you can't follow the comparison?

I mentioned that Netanyahu promoted Hamas, assuring that the PA would not govern both territories, but it sounds like "Bibi" gets a pass because "HamsterAss." It makes no impression.

And you don't have a word to say about the greatest act of theft in human history or the legitimacy of Palestinian grievances, with only a perfunctory box-check that Israel hasn't been, what was the word, "angelic."

While Justice Minister, Ayelet Shaked (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayelet_Shaked) called for the murder of all Palestinian mothers; this wasn't an overheard remark at a dinner party, this was from the podium in her official capacity. I hope I don't need to point out that Palestinian mothers are women too, but, hey, I guess that doesn't matter. Let me guess, what's the difference between Israeli women and Palestinian women?

I'll come to me soon.

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